Nadine Ramsey flying her Lightning. Ramsey (1911-1997) was one of the first female mail pilots in the USA before WWII and as a WASP she flew P-38, P-39, P-47, P-51 and P-63 fighters. In 1945 she bought this F-5, 44-53193, for 1250 dollars. It later flew in Canada as a survey aircraft, CF-NMW. As N38PS it crashed in 1978. Photo by: Peter Stackpole / Life
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